December 24, 2012Circulation Arrhythmia and ElectrophysiologyOpen Access

Follow-up of Patients With New Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices

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Population

38,055 Medicare beneficiaries who received a new cardiovascular implantable electronic device between…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

1 year

Authors

SASana M. Al‐KhatibElectrophysiology XMXiaojuan MiShaanxi University of Chinese Medicine BWBruce L. WilkoffElectrophysiology

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Implication

Timely post-CIED follow-up remains infrequent with racial disparities; leaves open whether targeted efforts can improve equity and care.

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Population

38,055 Medicare beneficiaries who received a new cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) between January 1, 2005, and June 30, 2009

Outcome

Variation of follow-up by patient factors and year of device implantation (in-person CIED follow-up visit within 2 to 12 weeks, 0 to 16 weeks, and 1 year after implantation)

Although initial in-person follow-up rates for new CIEDs within 2 to 12 weeks were low among Medicare beneficiaries, they improved significantly from 2005 to 2009, with notable racial disparities.

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Al‐Khatib et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70ea90a528af2d65c3d00b https://doi.org/10.1161/circep.112.974337

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Follow-up of Patients With New Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices

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Follow-up of Patients With New Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices

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